Admiral Ackbar Snubbed as Ole Miss Mascot Finalists Come Down to a Bear, Human and Shark

Ole Miss may take a page out of the comedy series Community to figure out the school’s new mascot.

On Friday, the school will choose between a Land Shark, a Black Bear and what appears to be a person named Hotty Toddy to replace the Rebel.

Should Hotty Toddy win, Ole Miss will be taking a page directly out of the script of Community, an NBC show in which Greendale Community College‘s mascot is the Human Beings. Additionally, the mascot will, without a doubt, be mentioned in the same breath as a few other of the world’s worst team names. Below are a few.

Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes, UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, Stanford Cardinal, the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, St. Louis College of Pharmacy Eutectics and Evergreen State College Geoducks, among others.

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What mascot is the most embarrassing? Leave your suggestion in the comments section below.

Quote of the Day

“Cliff [Lee] is a better version of me. He throws a little harder, he’s a little bit taller, has a little bit smaller waist, so I try to follow his lead on a lot of stuff. I just watched him kind of work in and out with his fastball, and from there I was able to see which guys maybe it was necessary to go in on and which guys it wasn’t, and that was a big factor today.”
–Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson, on teammate Cliff Lee

Comment of the Day

This NESN.com reader is sick of lame retirement gifts.

“The $100K donation to the foundation, but come on, another watch? What’s up with the watches? They are so yester-century? And the base…kind of lame. Well anyway, lets move on to 2011. I’m stoked for what promises to be a much better year and a long run into October!!”
–Dan in LA